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发帖数: 175 | 1 EU urges radiation tests on Japanese food imports
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/16/us-eu-urges-radiation
(Reuters) - The European Union's executive arm has advised EU governments to
check levels of radioactivity in food and feed imports from Japan,
following the country's nuclear crisis.
The advice was issued to governments on Tuesday via the EU's rapid alert
system for food and feed (RASFF), European Commission health and consumer
spokesman Frederic Vincent confirmed on Wednesday.
"But you have to put this into some perspective," Vincent said, adding that
Japan's total food and feed exports to Europe were worth just 65 million
euros ($90.64 million) last year.
By contrast, Japan accounted for over 7 percent of EU agricultural exports
worth about 4 billion euros in 2009, according to Commission figures.
Following the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986, the EU adopted legislation
fixing the maximum levels of radioactive contamination allowed in food and
feed following a nuclear accident.
Japan's agricultural exports to Europe consist mainly of fruit and
vegetables and fisheries products such as scallops, while Europe exports
mainly pork meat, wine and cheese to Japan. |
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